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The son of late U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower spoke of his shock at the murder of his dad’s British wartime driver, The Sun reported Monday.

Geoff Bacon, 90, died after a man punched him to the ground as he entered his apartment — to rob him of £40 ($62) and a travel pass.

The late president’s son John Eisenhower, 88, said, “It’s a terrible way for someone who has given such great service, and served with my father in the war, to die. It just sounds so senseless. It’s heartbreaking. My sympathies are with his family.”

Bacon drove the then Supreme Allied Commander — who went on to become President “Ike” — on missions in France during WWII.

The leader’s son spoke out as it emerged a 32-year-old man was arrested on Friday on suspicion of Bacon’s murder. He was released on bail until September.

Bacon died 11 weeks after the April attack at his flat in Camberwell, south London.